Hand agricultural tool.



4l. H. WITHINGTON.

HAND AGRIUULTURAL T001..

v n APPLIOATIDN FILED N'OVS. 30, 1908. 91 9,7991.'

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

217975555 www@ 'UNITED 'sTAI-Es TFFCE PHILIPIH. WITHINGTON,OE CLEVELAND, OHIO, AssIeNoRy To AMERICANl IoRx AND HOE COMPANY, OE CLEVELAND, onIo,A CORPORATION OE'NEw JERSEY.

HAND AGRICULTURAL TooL.

Specification ofjLetters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Application iled November 30, 1908. Serial No. 465,090.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that4 I, PHILIPV II. WITHING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedV States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hand Agricultural Tools, ofV which the following'is a full, clear, and exact descriptiomreference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a sim le, efficient and cheap handle for a hand agrlcultural tool. My handle is V a hollow metal tube and the invention provides means for effectively securing to it the body of the tool, as, for example, a fork, or rake head, or similar implement. j

The invention consists of the means I employ in effecting securement of the head Vto,

the handle, as illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter more fully explained. I, In the drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of a fork embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectionthrough a portion of the handle of such tool.

In each of the iigures, E represents the j handle, vwhich is a metal tube made of suit- This plug when put in place may betapered,

able material drawn or otherwiseformed.

B represents the headoi' the tool, whichis' This fork has a shank l) by.

shown as a fork. which it is secured to the handle. To effect the securement I Jfirst form in the handle near one end an annular groove a by pressing; the

metal inwardly. I then'place in the handle' bearing against: this groove asuitable stop consisting of a disk or washer C. I then place in the tube, against the stop C, a suitable plug D, which is preferably of wood.

as shown, toward the adjacent end of the handle and may have a central bore. Alter the plug is in place the handle is swaged down onto the plug to make a ta eredend, as shown at a 1 A suitable cap isrplaced over the shank t of the tool headl and then this shank is drivenginto the plug D,the cap extending over the outside of the tapered end portion a( of the handle. Y

A tool constructed as above is very neat in appearance and is light and cheap in construction. The inwarduprojection made by Vmum durability,

handle bearing against the stop,

the groove a, together with the washer C, forms a stop for the wooden plug, so that when the shank b is driven into the plug the plug retains its position and is not forced farther into the handle. l

TheV construction described is very eiiective. The groove and washer hold the wooden plug against inward movement, and the tapering of the handle prevents its Working outwardly. The cap not only gives a neat appearance but keejs the wooden plug dry. By this invention obtain the maxiforrthere are no exposed wooden parts to deteriorate. f On the other hand, the inclosed wooden plug retains a very iirm hold on the shank.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is;

1. The `combination of a tubular handle lformed with an inward projection, a suitable stop resting against such projection, a plug within the handle resting against the stop, and atool head extending into the plug.

2. A hand agricultural tool comprising a tubular handle formed with an inward projection, av stop within the handle resting againstv such projection, a plug within the a tool head (plug, and a having a shank occupying the extending cap surrounding theI shank an yonto theoutside of the handle.

3. In a hand agricultural tool, the combination of a tubular handle, a groove formed around the same to make an inward projection, a stop within the tube bearing against such inward projection, a plug within the tube bearing against the stop, the tube being tapered toward the free end around the plug, and a tool head having a shank occupying the plug.

4. In a hand agricultural tool, the combination of a handle comprising a metal tube', an annular groove formed therein near the end, such groove making an inward projec-v tion, a metalrdisk within the tube bearing against such projection, a wooden plug within the tube extending substantially from the end 'thereof to said disk, the tube being taered towardV the free end of the plug, a tool cadv having a shank occupying substantially the center of the Wooden plug, and a against such stop, and a tool heed having n,

metal cap surrounding the shank and eX- shank occupying such plug. le

tending onto the outside of the tapered porln testimony whereof, l hereunto all'u: my tion of the handle. signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

5 5. The combination of a metallic tubular PHlLIP H. VJITHNGTON.

handle, an inward projection formed by Wlitnesses: bending inwardly the metal of the handle, a CYRUS REIMER,

stop held by such projecten, a, plug resting BRENNAN B. WEs'l. 

